Alissa Through the Glass and Into Terezin

Alissa Hoffmann, a 14-year-old mischling, is taken from her Aryan home and tumbled into the Lewis Carroll like world of Terezin. From her Mad Hatter’s Tea Party ride through Germany, to her entrance through the Schleuse Gate, to the overcrowded living conditions, to her encounters with the White and Red Queens, the White Knight and Humpty Dumpty among other characters of this bizarre land, Alissa struggles to come to an understanding of a heritage she never knew she had a part. By the end, she must choose between sacrificing virginity to an older man, or accepting her fate as a Jewish girl.